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PINOCCHIO

September 9, 2022 By 1 Comment

PINOCCHIO

Just because you >can< render an animated classic into a live-action CGI extravaganza doesn’t mean that you should. Case in point, PINOCCHIO. It’s not an awful film but bringing the animated characters into the real world doesn’t add anything to the story of a little wooden puppet who dreams of being a real boy. Rather,… Read More »

Tagged With: Blue Fairy, cgi, creaky gears, epic CGI, fairy tale, gossamer wings, Italy, remake

HOUSE OF GUCCI

December 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

HOUSE OF GUCCI

HOUSE OF GUCCI is a ramshackle accretion of muddled plots studded with oddly incoherent character development and performances that range from stock (Al Pacino) to enigmatic (Adam Driver). This overlong effort takes a tale of sex, money, and power among the super rich and renders it into a dull slog brightened only by Lady Gaga’s… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, designer, huate couture, internecine fighting, Italy, Milan

MADE IN ITALY

August 9, 2020 By Leave a Comment

MADE IN ITALY

A story well told is always worth our attention, and thus it is with MADE IN ITALY, a heart-warming tale of coming to terms with the past in order to face a future without the burden of unresolved grief and lingering complacency. Set for the most part in the spectacular Tuscan countryside, its pacing and… Read More »

Tagged With: broken heart, divorce, estrangement, father-son relationship, grief, guilt, Italy, remodeling, Tuscany

THE LITTLE HOURS

July 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE LITTLE HOURS

Jeff Baena has taken as his inspiration Bocaccio’s Decameron for his sly gem of a film about female frustration and empowerment, THE LITTLE HOURS.  That 14th-century book is full of bawdy tales of people from all stratas of society behaving badly, and so they do in this film set very specifically in 1347.  Like the… Read More »

Tagged With: 14th century, Bishop, Bocaccio, church, convent, Decameron, Guelphs, Italy, nuns, priest

FIRE AT SEA (Fuocoammare) — Gianfranco Rosi Interview

December 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment

FIRE AT SEA  (Fuocoammare) — Gianfranco Rosi Interview

Gianfranco Rosi had intended to make a 10-minute film about the refugees who find themselves on the island of Lampedusa, but once there, he quickly decided that the complexity of the situation demanded more. Hence FIRE AT SEA, short-listed for an Oscar™ and otherwise garnering praise for its sensitive, incisive look at how refugees and… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, Italy, Lampedusa, Libya, Mediterranean, Operation Mare Nostrum, Refugees, sea rescue, Syria, turkey

EAT PRAY LOVE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

EAT PRAY LOVE

EAT PRAY LOVE is a glossy travelogue of a flick, full of stereotypes and caricatures providing a colorful backdrop to Julia Roberts’’ glamour lighting. Based on the book of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert, it is the personal journey towards inner happiness taken by Liz (Julie Roberts) as she learns the lessons of the… Read More »

Tagged With: Bali, based on a true story, book to screen, Elizabeth Gilbert, India, Italy, Julia Roberts, romance, spiritual quest, travel

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